Gypsum microbialite domes shaped by brine currents from the Badenian evaporites of Western Ukraine

Abstract

Microbialite deposits are considered as a product of the interactions between activity of benthic microorganisms and physicochemical properties of environment. Activity of currents is one of the most important physical processes influencing the accretion of microbialite domes. The domes growing in current-swept areas usually show elongated shapes parallel to the dominating water flow direction. © 2011 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.